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y 1960 L. w. GASKINS 2 ATTACHMENT FOR BARBERS SHEARS Filed Oct. 21-,1958 Lemuel Hf Gaskzhs INVENTOR.

awe 4 United States Patent 2,946,122 7 ATTACHMENT FOR BARBERS SHEARSLemuel W. Gaskins, 1308 Dickinson Ave., Greenville, N.C.

Filed Oct. 21, 1958, Ser. No. 768,614

2 Claims. (CI. 30-133) 2,946,122 Patented July 26, 1 960 the convenienceof the barber. cover 40, and it has a bolt 46 extending therethrough.The, bolt is attached to top wall 38 of housing 18 and is passed throughthe central opening in washer 48, the latter disposed on the top surfaceof cover 40. Spring 52 is concentrically disposed on bolt 46 and bearsagainst washer 48. It also bears against nut 54 on bolt 46 to hold thecover 40 in a selected position in accordance with the desires of thebarber. The barber will make an adjustment of cover 40 by sliding itforward or rearward depending on the size of blades 14 in the clippers10.

There is an upturned flange 58, constituting a hair guide and airdiffuser. This flange is at the front extremity of and accumulate it ina container or the like at a location remote from the barber. In thisway it will be unnecessary to use hair gowns, neck strips on thecustomer, neck dusters and substitutes therefor.

The use of the invention air-conditions the clippers and eliminateswaste hair falling on barber shop floors.

A more specific object of the invention is to provide an attachment forbarbers clippers, the attachment having a suction housing provided withan adjustable top that provides for both short and long clipper blades,and which is so constructed that it will fit essentially allmanufacturers makes of clippers. The attachment is neat, small andcompact providing essentially no obstruction to any part of the clipperand absolutely no obstruction to the barber in using the conventionalclippers in the way in which he is accustomed. However, the cut hair isautomatically drawn from the region of the barbers shears and conductedaway to a remote location.

These together with other objects and advantages which will becomesubsequently apparent reside in the details of construction andoperation as more fully hereinafter described and claimed, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings forming a part hereof, whereinlike numerals refer to like parts throughout, and in which:

Figure 1 is a top view of the attachment applied to a pair ofconventional clippers.

Figure 2 is a side view of the structure in Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a sectional view taken on the line 3-3 of Figure 1.

Figure 4 is a sectional view similar to Figure 3 but showing theadjustable top in a second position.

Figure 5 is a sectional view taken on the line 5-5 of Figure 3.

In the accompanying drawings there is a pair of conventional barberclippers 10 on which attachment 12 is secured. The attachment has forits purpose the withdrawing of hair that is cut by the blades 14 of theclippers and carrying it off through tube 16 to a remote location.Attachment 12 is composed of a housing 18 made of a pair of side walls20 and 22 that converge outwardly to the air inlet 24 to form a nozzleconfiguration. There is a bottom wall 26 adapted to fit flush againstWall 28 on the clippers 10, and a top wall 30. The bottom wall 26 andthetop wall 30 are secured to the lower and upper edges of side walls 20and 22, and they taper toward inlet 24 to complete the nozzle shape. Arectangular portion 34 of the housing 18 has a tube 36 attached to itsend wall 38, and flexible tube 16 secured to tube 36.

A flat sliding plate 40 is disposed on the upper surface of top wall 30,forming a cover for it. Transverse thumb rests 42, consisting of araised portion of cover 40 is for cover 40 and is maintained closelyadjacent to the clipper blades 14. There are a pair of sides 60 and 62at the edges of cover 40, these being located at the side edges of theair and hair inlet 24 and adapted to move forward and rearward with thecover 40. Sides 60 and 62 cooperate With deflector 58 to form anextension of the nozzle which is formed by the housing so that the sameor essentially the same suction is obtained regardless of the adjustmentof cover 40 and regardless of the size of clipper blades that are beingused. In order to assure that the cover 40 will remain centered in allpositions of adjustments, depending cars 66 and 68 are at the ends ofthumb rest 42, and these slide alongside of the side walls of thehousing. In use, the attachment is applied to the barbers clippers andcover 40 is adjusted until the guide 58 is properly spaced from theblades of the clipper, this permitting the same attachment to be appliedto the clippers without bodily displacing the attachment and yetcompensate for different sizes of blades. Not only is the guide 58properly spaced from the clipper blade 14, but due to the sides 60 and62 forming extensions of the side walls of the nozzle formed by housing18, the vacuum at the hair of the patron is maintained essentially thesame regardless of whether coarse or fine clippers or whether clippershaving different types and sizes of blades are used.

When suction is applied to hose 16, air is drawn through as it isclipped and withdrawing it from the head of the patron.

The foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles ofthe invention. Further, since numerous modifications and changes willreadily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limitthe invention to the exact construction and operation shown anddescribed, and accordingly all suitable modifications and equivalentsmay be resorted to, falling within the scope of the invention asclaimed.

What is claimed asnew is as follows:

1. An attachment for a pair of clippers that has a body with alongitudinal axis, blades at one end of said body and at an angle tosaid axis, said attachment comprising a housing having wallsconstituting a nozzle with an air inlet opening at one end positioned inspaced relation with the clipper blades, means on said housing forattaching a conductor to the housing to draw air through said nozzle, anadjustable cover carried by said housing and having a guide at one endforming an extension at said air inlet of said nozzle and locatedadjacent to the clipper blades, said guide comprising a flange at anangle to said axis and terminating in a straight line parallel to andadjacent to the clipper blades and movable rectilinear-1y toward andaway from said clipper blades thereby providing a substantially uniformspacing between said flange and the blades regardless of the size ofblades that are used on the clippers, sides attached to said coverrearwardly of the flange and movable therewith to form efiectiveextensions of the housing sides when said cover is extended, and meansfor holding said cover in selected adjusted positions with respect tosaid housing thereby There is a slot 44 in.

3 holding said flange in corresponding adjusted positions with respectto the clipper blades.

2. The attachment for a pair of clippers defined in claim 1 wherein saidcover holding means include a bolt, a fastener on said bolt, and a slotin said cover through which said bolt is passed, said fastener onsaidbolt being lightenable on the bolt for frictionally holding saidcover in a selected position on said housing.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS'Severson Aug. 26, 1924 Jostenet a1 Mar. 3, 1925 Stout Aug. 19, 1952 AthaSept. 29, 1953 Snead Dec. 14, 1954 Blanchard Dec. 28, 1954

